Leon Ockenden

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Leon Ockenden (* 1978 in Cornwall ) is a British actor , director and author .

life and career

Ockenden grew up in Looe, Cornwall. He left school at the age of 16 to become a baker. After working in hotels in Sweden and Germany for a year, he returned to the UK to work as a pastry chef at the Hilton Hotel on London's Park Lane. He studied performing arts at the College of Further Education , Plymouth. He then received a scholarship to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art , where he completed a three-year acting course and graduated in 2003.

Ockenden appeared in the British-Australian drama series Tripping Over and played a carpenter named Callum . He dubbed and impersonated FBI agent Norman Jayden in Heavy Rain . Before the show was canceled in 2015, he was a regular on the UK drama series Waterloo Road , in which he played the role of Hector Reid , a fun and sometimes vitriolic physical education teacher.

Private

Ockenden married the actress Vanessa Hehir on October 24, 2010 . You have a daughter.

Filmography (selection)

Movies

year title role Remarks
2005 Vegabond Shoes Waiter Short film
2009 Mr. Right Lawrence
2009 Dread Jimmy Cake
2011 Baroque Lover / fighter Short film
2012 Red tails Co-pilot
2013 The cosmonaut Stas
2013 Don't miss the cup Peter Short film
2015 Eliana Dude Short film
TBA Across the river Cake seller Post production

watch TV

year title role notes
2003 Judge John Deed Nick Episode: "Economic Imperative"
2004 Midsomer Murders Jamie Cruickshank Episode: "The Maid in Splendor"
2004 Hawking Rosencrantz TV movie
2004 Hustle Simon Episode: "A Touch of Class"
2004 Family affairs Sam Taylor Regular series (May to December)
2005 Totally frank Miles Episode: "Bed"
2006 Tripping over Callum 6 episodes
2007-2008 Heartbeat Dr Chris Oakley 10 episodes
2008 Heroes and Villains Earl of Leicester Episode: "Richard the Lionheart"
2009, 2013 Casualty Luke Riley / Adam Ridle 2 episodes
2010 Secret Diary of a Call Girl Connor Episode No. 3.7
2010 Identity DI Terry Eggleston Episode: "Chelsea Girl"
2010 New tricks Kevin Humphreys Episode: "Good Morning Lemmings"
2012 Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story Philip TV movie
2012 Secrets of the Dead Vasily Arkhipov Episode: "The Man Who Saved the World"
2013 Desert Heart - The Trip Of My Life (Open Desert) David TV movie
2013 The Cosmonaut: Transmedia Experience Stas Leading actor (31 episodes)
2014 Waterloo Road Hector Reid 20 episodes
2015 Mr. Selfridge Serge De Bolotoff 10 episodes
2015 Supreme tweeter Tweeter Episode: "Follow the Leader"
2015 The coroner Danny Ball Episode: "That's the Way to Do It"
2016 This morning Guest Chef 10 episodes for Phil Vickery stepped
2016-2017 Coronation Street Will Chatterton Recurring role; 40 episodes

Video games

year title role
2010 Heavy rain Norman Jayden

Music videos

year title Artist role
2005 Desire Geri Halliwell boss

theatre

  • Flare Path (2015)
  • Muswell Hill (2012)
  • Plague Over England (2008)
  • Women Beware Women (2006)
  • The Tempest (2006)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Sue Crawford: Heartbeat Heart-throb Leon Ockenden Sets Pulses Racing . In: Daily Mirror . Trinity Mirror . March 30, 2008. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
  2. ^ Interview - Leon Ockendon (Norman Jayden) . YouTube . March 24, 2012. Retrieved May 18, 2013.
  3. Sue Crawford: Heartbeat Heart-throb Leon Ockenden Sets Pulses Racing . In: Daily Mirror . Trinity Mirror . March 30, 2008. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
  4. Vicki Power: 'I was sick to my stomach,' says Vanessa Hehir on love scenes with her husband. November 1, 2014, accessed August 20, 2019 .